creating an artificial "last element" in sort list
Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Fri Sep 28 22:05:15 EDT 2012
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:39:33 -0700, dave wrote:
> a = ['a', 'b', x]
> b = sorted(a)
>
> What does x need to be to always be last on an ascending sort no matter
> what 'a' and 'b' are.... within reason...
How about this?
a = ['a', 'b']
b = sorted(a) + ['whatever you want']
You could also do this:
x = max(a)
a.append(x)
b = sorted(a)
> I am expecting 'a' and 'b'
> will be not longer than 10 char's long.... I tried making x =
> 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz' and believe it or not, this appears FIRST on the
> sort!!!
I think you are mistaken.
py> sorted(['a', 'b', 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz'])
['a', 'b', 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz']
But really, I don't understand what problem you are trying to solve.
Perhaps if you explain the purpose of this, we can suggest a solution.
--
Steven
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